casting down imaginations and every high thing that exalteth itself against the knowledge of God, and bringing into captivity every thought to the obedience of Christ,
casting down imaginations, and every high thing that is exalted against the knowledge of God, and bringing every thought into captivity to the obedience of Christ;
We are destroying sophisticated arguments and every exalted and proud thing that sets itself up against the [true] knowledge of God, and we are taking every thought and purpose captive to the obedience of Christ,
[Inasmuch as we] refute arguments and theories and reasonings and every proud and lofty thing that sets itself up against the [true] knowledge of God; and we lead every thought and purpose away captive into the obedience of Christ (the Messiah, the Anointed One),
Casting down imaginations, and every high thing that exalteth itself against the knowledge of God, and bringing into captivity every thought to the obedience of Christ;
and every proud thing that is raised up against the knowledge of God, and we take every thought captive to obey Christ.
and every proud thing that is raised up against the knowledge of God, and we take every thought captive to obey Christ.
and every defense that is raised up to oppose the knowledge of God. They capture every thought to make it obedient to Christ.
and every arrogance that raises itself up against the knowledge of God; we take every thought captive and make it obey the Messiah.
and every bit of pride that keeps anyone from knowing God. We capture people's thoughts and make them obey Christ.
overthrowing reasonings and every high thing that lifts itself up against the knowledge of God, and leading captive every thought into the obedience of the Christ;
and every height being raised-up against the knowledge of God, and taking-captive every thought to the obedience of Christ,
And every height that exhalteth itself against the knowledge of God, and bringing into captivity every understanding unto the obedience of Christ;
and we tear down every proud idea that raises itself against the knowledge of God. We also capture every thought and make it give up and obey Christ.
People may speak proud ideas that stop other people from knowing God. We show that those ideas are completely wrong. We change the way that people think, so that they want to obey Christ.
such as all arrogance that rises up against the knowledge of God, and we make every thought captive so that it is obedient to Christ.
We destroy arguments and every lofty opinion raised against the knowledge of God, and take every thought captive to obey Christ,
We destroy arguments and every lofty opinion raised against the knowledge of God, and take every thought captive to obey Christ,
and every ·proud thing [pretension; exalted opinion; L high thing] that raises itself against the knowledge of God. We capture every thought and make it obey Christ.
Casting down the imaginations, and every high thing that is exalted against the knowledge of God, and bringing into captivity every thought to the obedience of Christ,
and all their intellectual arrogance that oppose the knowledge of God. We take every thought captive so that it is obedient to Christ.
we pull down every proud obstacle that is raised against the knowledge of God; we take every thought captive and make it obey Christ.
and every high-minded thing that is raised up against the knowledge of God, taking every thought captive to obey Christ.
And we destroy every proud thing that raises itself against the knowledge of God. We capture every thought and make it give up and obey Christ.
and every proud obstacle that is raised against the knowledge of God, taking every thought captive in order to obey the Messiah.
Now I am going to appeal to you personally, by the gentleness and sympathy of Christ himself. Yes, I, Paul, the one who is “humble enough in our presence but outspoken when away from us”, and begging you to make it unnecessary for me to be outspoken and stern in your presence. For I am afraid otherwise that I shall have to do some plain speaking to those of you who will persist in reckoning that our activities are on the purely human level. The truth is that, although of course we lead normal human lives, the battle we are fighting is on the spiritual level. The very weapons we use are not those of human warfare but powerful in God’s warfare for the destruction of the enemy’s strongholds. Our battle is to bring down every deceptive fantasy and every imposing defence that men erect against the true knowledge of God. We even fight to capture every thought until it acknowledges the authority of Christ. Once we are sure of your obedience we shall not shrink from dealing with those who refuse to obey.
casting down reasonings and every high thing that exalts itself against the knowledge of God and leading captive every thought into the obedience of the Christ
Casting down imaginations, and every high thing that exalteth itself against the knowledge of God, and bringing into captivity every thought to the obedience of Christ;
casting down imaginations, and every high thing that exalteth itself against the knowledge of God, and bringing into captivity every thought to the obedience of Christ;
as we tear down speculations and every lofty thing raised up against the knowledge of God, and take every thought captive to the obedience of Christ,
and all pride that is raised up against the knowledge of God, and taking every thought captive to the obedience of Christ.
These weapons can break down every proud argument against God and every wall that can be built to keep men from finding him. With these weapons I can capture rebels and bring them back to God and change them into men whose hearts’ desire is obedience to Christ.
The world is unprincipled. It’s dog-eat-dog out there! The world doesn’t fight fair. But we don’t live or fight our battles that way—never have and never will. The tools of our trade aren’t for marketing or manipulation, but they are for demolishing that entire massively corrupt culture. We use our powerful God-tools for smashing warped philosophies, tearing down barriers erected against the truth of God, fitting every loose thought and emotion and impulse into the structure of life shaped by Christ. Our tools are ready at hand for clearing the ground of every obstruction and building lives of obedience into maturity.
casting down imaginations and every high thing that exalts itself against the knowledge of God, bringing every thought into captivity to the obedience of Christ,
and every lofty idea that is raised against the knowledge of God, and we take captive every thought to make it · obey · Christ.
and all their intellectual arrogance that oppose the knowledge of God. We take every thought captive so that it is obedient to Christ.
and every pretension raising itself against the knowledge of God, and take every thought captive in obedience to Christ,
We are destroying arguments and all arrogance raised against the knowledge of God, and we are taking every thought captive to the obedience of Christ,
We are destroying speculations and every lofty thing raised up against the knowledge of God, and we are taking every thought captive to the obedience of Christ,
and every proud pretension against the knowledge of God, and we compel every thought to surrender in obedience to Christ.
and every proud thing that raises itself against the knowledge of God. We capture every thought and make it give up and obey Christ.
and every arrogant obstacle that is raised up against the knowledge of God, and we take every thought captive to make it obey Christ.
I destroy every claim and every reason that keeps people from knowing God. I keep every thought under control in order to make it obey Christ.
We demolish arguments and every pretension that sets itself up against the knowledge of God, and we take captive every thought to make it obedient to Christ.
We demolish arguments and every pretension that sets itself up against the knowledge of God, and we take captive every thought to make it obedient to Christ.
casting down arguments and every high thing that exalts itself against the knowledge of God, bringing every thought into captivity to the obedience of Christ,
We break down every thought and proud thing that puts itself up against the wisdom of God. We take hold of every thought and make it obey Christ.
We destroy every proud obstacle that keeps people from knowing God. We capture their rebellious thoughts and teach them to obey Christ.
with which we overthrow imaginations and every high thing that exalts itself against the knowledge of God, and bring into captivity all understanding to the obedience of Christ,
and every proud obstacle raised up against the knowledge of God, and we take every thought captive to obey Christ.
and every proud obstacle raised up against the knowledge of God, and we take every thought captive to obey Christ.
and every proud obstacle raised up against the knowledge of God, and we take every thought captive to obey Christ.
and every proud obstacle raised up against the knowledge of God, and we take every thought captive to obey Christ.
and every proud notion that sets itself up against the knowledge of God. We take every thought prisoner and make it obey the Messiah.
And every high minded thing rising up against the da’as of Hashem, and leading captive every machshavah (thought) into the mishma’at of Rebbe, Melech HaMoshiach, [Isa 2:11,12]
overthrowing arguments - and every high thing that is exalted against the knowledge of God - and bringing into captivity every thought to the obedience of Christ,
We destroy arguments and every proud obstacle to the knowledge of God, and take every thought captive to obey Christ,
We destroy arguments and every proud obstacle to the knowledge of God, and take every thought captive to obey Christ,
and every high-minded thing that exalts itself against the knowledge of God. We are taking every thought captive to the obedience of Messiah—
We are demolishing arguments and ideas, every high-and-mighty philosophy that pits itself against the knowledge of the one true God. We are taking prisoners of every thought, every emotion, and subduing them into obedience to the Anointed One.
throwing down imaginations and every high thing that is exalted against the knowledge of God and bringing every thought into captivity to the obedience of Christ,
We can break down what people think and every big idea that tries to stop people from knowing God. And we can make every thought a prisoner to obey Christ.
And we destroy counsels, and all highness that higheth itself against the science of God, and drive into captivity all understanding into the service of Christ.
reasonings bringing down, and every high thing lifted up against the knowledge of God, and bringing into captivity every thought to the obedience of the Christ,
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